The Vampire's Apprentice

They got weirder. The last one, especially.
"On that subject; tomorrow is the end of humanity and vampires. How does everyone die?"
 
"Where do you come up with these?" Clancy asked with a slightly confused smile. "The humans discovered the existence of the supernatural on a global scale and they all wiped each other out. Those goody-two-shoes elves possibly survived, or some of the lesser known folk who mostly hide underground."
 
She bit at her thumb to avoid laughter. "Last question; what would be much better if you could just change the color of it?"
 
"If there was one thing in the universe you could improve vastly by changing the color of it, what would it be, and what color would you choose?"
 
Clancy stared at her, his mouth moving, but no real sound coming out. "How on earth should I know?" he finally asked. "Or care? Nothing, is my answer. Besides... I am colorblind."
 
That caught her off guard. "Monochromatic or otherwise?"

Sure, it was another question, but having also been colorblind—save shades of green—Kitty felt an obligation to ask.
 
"Good night, Miss Kitty." Clancy waited until she'd started walking. "Kitty?" Pause. "I am not colorblind. I believe the term is, winding you up."
 
She paused and turned again to look at him, examining his words. Kitty said nothing more, continuing on her way.
 
Clancy shook his head in amusement. Perhaps now she would take better care of what questions she asked. Silly questions. What color would he change? What kind of a question was that?

He sat staring at his screen. Perhaps... the sky could be a bit bluer?
 
Kitty crawled under the covers, pulling them well over her head. How wonderful it would be if people's thoughts would not get to her so easily! Yet she couldn't help feeling slightly hurt. Later she would likely get over it, but for now, it stung.

It grew hot under the blankets before Kitty managed to fall asleep. The girl poked her head out and stared out the moonlit window, bunching the comforter under her chin. Her fingers absentmindedly brushed over the faint scar of three letters. Death.

It was a wonder she woke up at all, having hardly been able to sleep for several nights now. She sat up and brushed her curled brown hair out of her face, looking towards the bedroom door. She'd left it cracked slightly last night—another strange preference of hers—yet found it closed this morning like she had every other. Not strange, but definetly something she had assumptions about.

And there was a dog. It would be wrong to say she'd forgotten about him, but he hadn't exactly been her waking thought. Kitty pulled on some daytime clothes and went onto the porch to see if Sam was still there.
 
Sam had managed to burrow his way under the deck, leaving virtually no trace as to where he had gone. From where Kitty stood, it would appear like he was completely gone.
 
Sam finally came crawling out from under the deck. He shook himself off then looked at Kitty's back. He sat down and started panting with a dopey look on his face. What? Was there food involved? He scratched noisily at a sour on his shoulder. His skin still bore marks from where stones had struck him in the past.
 
Ah, there he was. Kitty checked the small bag of dog food, pouring the very last of it into the dish. She'd have to get more that day, as well as the other items Clancy had suggested to her. But before that, she left Sam to his food and went inside to check the kitchen table for a note, searching for the day's tasks should there be any.
 
Sam dove into his bowl with gusto. Food! Yummy yummy food!

On the table, a neat little note waited for her.

Miss Kitty,
Please do not forget to deal with the dog. I have given you twenty five extra dollars to put toward the creature. Consider it my thanks to it for saving your life.
Today, please take the attached cheques to the bank and deposit them into my account. Also, I have noticed the flower beds appear more weedy than normal and the grass is getting longer than I approve. Please contact the landscaping company and see to it they attend to the yard properly or I see no reason to pay them the exorbitant price they charge.
CMC
 
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